Cultivator-fender.



No. 888,348.- PATBNTED MAY 19,1908.

A. B. NICHOLS.

GULTIVATOR FENDER. ABPLIUATION FILED AUG. 12, 1-907.

ATHERTONV B. NICHOLS, OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA.

CULTIVATOR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed August 12, 1907. Serial No. 388.081.

The object of my invention istoI provide an attachment for a cultivator which will act.

as a fender to guard-the corn or other plant 'that isbeing cultivated, and protect it from being covered or crushed by the soil that is.

stirred up and thrown toward the plant by the action of the cultivator teeth. My' invention consists generally in'a revolving guard having a series of teeth Supported at an angle to the soil and adapted to revolve through contact therewith, said Ateeth o erating close to the plant on each Side' of t ie row and forming a fender therefor. Iii-the accompanying drawings, forming part of this Specification, Figure 1 is a Secltional view of a portion of a cultivator with my invention ap lied thereto. Fig. 2 is a Side elevation of t iesaine.

In the drawing, L? represents the cultivator drag bar' having depending Shanks V3 on which theteeth 4 are mounted. The opposite sections of the cultivator are rovided on their inner sides next to the row t at is being cultivated with'shanks 5 which are inwardly and outwardly turned above the oint where thecultivator teeth are attacher, as shown in Fig. 1. Upon these shanks hubs 6 are slidably ,mounted and springs 7 are connected with said hubs and tend to lift upwardly thereon and cause Athe' teeth of the revolving wheels to bear lightly on the snrface .of the ground. The hubs are made in two parts having collars 8 at their lower ends and rings or wheels 9 are loosely mounted on said hubs above said collars and adapted to revolve thereon, anda Series of spring teeth 1'() are mounted in said wheels and extend downwardly and outwardly therefrom and revolve with thev Said wheels in planes at an angle to the horizontal So that the ends of the teeth on' one side only will touch the soil as the wheels revolve. The forward motion of the cultivator will produce a rotating movement' of Ithe wheels on their hubs and the sliding action ofthe hubs will allow them to move up and down on the Shanks and accommodate themselves to the inequalities ofthe ground over which the cultivator is moving.

The'teeth mounted onthe shanks' will operate below and vwithin the circle of the revolving wheels and the teeth extending downwardly between the. cultivato'r teeth andthe )lants will act as fenders or ards and sift t ie soilthat iS turned up by t e cultivator teeth and prevent it from being piled over u on or against the plants. ofeart i or stones loosened b the cultivator teeth will be prevented byt e fender teeth from breaking .or damaging the plants.

There may be any suitable number of the fender teeth'mounted in the rings or wheels 9 and these teeth may beof any degree of stiffness desired to produce the best results. The fenders are arran ed on each side of the row of plants and` roiling on the Surface of the ground at an angle to the horizontal will cover the weeds around the plant and at the `same time support the plants during the cultivating operation.

AS indicated 1n the drawing, the fenders are inclined and have the effectof raising the leaves or stalks ofthe plant sufficiently to allow the soil to be directed under them and protecting the leaves or stalks and prevent- 1ng-them from being broken down by the weight ofpressure of the soil.

l claim as my invention:

1. Thecombination, with acultivator having a Series of teeth and Shanks inclined to the horizontal whereon said teeth are supported, of fenders having a rotary and a vertical movement on the inclined portions of said Shanks and provided with a .series of teeth that are adapted to roll on the ground on each side of the plant that is being cultivated, Said teeth operating between the cultivator teeth and the plant and preventing the plant from being broken or covered by thesoil loosened by the cultivator teeth.

2. The combination, with a cultivator having a series of teeth, of a fender arranged to revolve in a plane inclined to the horizontal and comprising a hub and a series of teeth flaring downwardly and outwardly therefrom, Said fender beine adapted to revolve on its support and the teeth thereof contacting on the inner side only of the fender with the soil, the teeth on the opposite Side being out of contact with .the Soil and Said inner teeth serving as guards between the plants and the cultivator teeth to prevent clods of earth from being thrown against the plants.

3. The combination, with a cultivator, of a fender or guard mounted thereon and having a revolving movement in a plane inclined Any clods to the horizontal, a series of teeth carried by seid fender end de endingbetween the cultivator teeth and t e plant to be cultivated, said fender being revolved bythe contact of its teeth with the soil end; having e sliding vertical movement on its sup ort to allow the fender to accommodate itee frto inequalities of the' surface over which the cultivator is'moved.

4.. The combination, with a cultivator havingba series of teeth, of a fender comprising a. hu a ring mounted thereon and adapted to revolve in a Iplane et an angle to the horizontal said hub having a vertical movement on its support, a series of teeth mounted in said ring and depending between the cultivator teeth and the plant to be cultivated, seid fender teeth contacting on one side only with the soil and rotated with their supportning ring b such contact and seid teeth guard ing the p' ent and preventin it from being broken o'r covered by the soil oosened by the cultivetor teeth.

5. The combination, with e. cultivetor hav ing a series of teeth end Shanks whereon seid teeth ere mounted, of hubs carried by eeid ehenhs and having e sliding vertical movement "thereon, and e, series, o' peripheral teeth carried by .seid hub end having their ends arranged to content with the lground and be revolvedA thereby end seid teeth extending down between the cultivator teeth end the plant and serving ae a guard or fender tor the plant. I

5. The combinetiomwith e. cultivator dr bare end theteeth mounted thereon; an

bars, of

shanlie denending from said dre' Shanks,

hube slidably mounted on eel springs connecting seid hubs with seid ehee end a eeriee` of teeth carried by'said nube end depending therefrom and ilering downwerdly end outwardly' in a circular form,

scribed.

seid hub being arranged at an .angle to the horizontal, Whereb the teeth on one side will contact with t e soil and on the other side be raised out of Contact with4 the soil,

v.end said hub being. capablel of revolution through Contact of the teeth with the soil.

7. The combination, with acultivatorhaving a series of teeth arranged to operate von y both sides of a row of lante, of fenders arranged to revolve in p anes at an angle to the, horizontal on both sides oi a row ofk plante, each fender comprising a hub and e series ot teeth flaring downwardly and outwerdly therefrom in a circular' form, said fenders being adapted to revolve on their Supports and the teeth thereof contacting on the inner side of the' fender with 'the soil, the

teeth on the opiosite side-being out of'cone tect with the so and said inner teeth serving as guarde between theplants and the cultivator teeth to prevent clods of earth from being thrown against ltheuplents, substan-Y tially ee described.

;ln witness whereof, l have hereunto set my v hend thisd day of August 1907. v

ATHERTON B. NICHOLS.

Witnesses:

@tenerne PAUL, J. B. Brr/leren. 

